000 CDUS44 KHGX 161332 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 830 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...MORNING CLIMATE DATA... MORNING LOW PRECIP SINCE MIDNIGHT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL 48 0.00 GALVESTON SCHOLES FIELD 59 0.00 BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION 52 0.00 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1900 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 72 258 PM 90 1944 79 -7 74 MINIMUM 43 607 AM 38 1928 58 -15 42 AVERAGE 58 68 -10 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.05 1954 0.12 -0.12 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 1.68 -1.37 1.13 SINCE MAR 1 2.72 5.04 -2.32 7.53 SINCE JAN 1 11.34 11.70 -0.36 14.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 2 5 7 MONTH TO DATE 21 33 -12 57 SINCE MAR 1 150 189 -39 132 SINCE JUL 1 1154 1508 -354 1333 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 0 MONTH TO DATE 77 57 20 49 SINCE MAR 1 170 120 50 157 SINCE JAN 1 219 156 63 185 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 LOWEST 35 AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 79 92 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 38 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2008.........SUNRISE 653 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT APRIL 17 2008.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. .......................................................... ...MISCELLANEOUS CLIMATE DATA FOR YESTERDAY... LOCATION HIGH LOW PRECIP HOUSTON HOBBY 72 49 0.00 SUGAR LAND 74 43 0.00 TOMBALL 73 41 0.00 CONROE 73 37 0.00 HUNTSVILLE 74 44 0.00 ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSON 71 41 0.00 PALACIOS 71 46 0.00 LEAGUE CITY (NWS) 69 47 0.00 THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE PRODUCTS...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HGX OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV $$